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bag and baggage

adv · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

With all one's possessions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

All one's possessions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, uncountable

Examples

  • 1989, John P. Murphy (annotator and editor), Jesuit Latin Poets of the 17th and 18th Centuries, page 85, They did not wait the two months granted, but made a quick decision and picked up bag and baggage, and after leaving four Fathers to care for the Catholics, left on carts and on foot for Antwerp.

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Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: se vším všudy — with all one's possessions
  • Czech: sakumprásk — with all one's possessions
  • Finnish: kimpsut ja kampsut — with all one's possessions
  • French: avec armes et bagages — with all one's possessions
  • German: mit Sack und Pack — with all one's possessions
  • German: mit Kind und Kegel — with all one's possessions
  • Swedish: pick och pack — with all one's possessions